The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-17
AT THE GATEWAY
OF THE SOLID DEMOCRATIC 50 & Urn Urn
oieve'snd'a{ y Reception Mt NiemphIa-The
Exorctscs Brought to q Sal Termination.
Tho Southern Press looming Grover
" as =, Free Trade Candidate.

" ---.'J " AsaaS aAhu huA UU-
II caslon. Hc died at the fest Of the preal.
J dent OF the United s.stes and In tho p,es.
eace OF conconrse OF Southern people.
Of whom he was the chosen orator-ile,,
With these patriotic words osill ringing
{ from hia llp':" "rhls Union Is our Union,
its bright and starry banner Is our tisp
and ita destiny, for veal or woe, Ia our III
!, destiny" - .s.$ i31 ~ =
Judge A. 7. Elicit was q New ye,,.,,
man by birth, bat ho lived tho sreate, ]
South. li5I.1 IN \ : = ''s'' II IL the
He shared tho cheers which sreetod Il,
ffesldeut aa he drove through the atTeo,o
o. the cotton metropolia under Tho arrh
putt Of Sl2.000 worth OF cotton, in bales
decorated aa 1t did no. used to be WIN
lsgs which bore the full 3S STAN and ~
stripes OF American sovereignty. Hs
t!ooa upon The platform In Court sonsre
anu WeHomed the President In a spsecb
lersent with patriotism. He alluded to ,
ms presence at the Couititutionnl Cenlen.
alsl q; rhllndelphia, where be had mar
mn!tltudes OF our fellow countrymsn
n9ekinS from every direction to that epot
waere that instrument was fashioned. and
renewing their VOWS OF fealty at the sbrina
o. !nas grandest monumon. OF human
! He continued; ~ y;esss,'!:,, a 81,
LOYAL LOVE Or COUNTRY. E- :
""Let me Say, sir, thatIthe Southern bes,t
was In !.lll sympaty with that interesting
!, Event, and that nowhere in thia broad
land will you find more loyalty 10 ths
Constitution Of tho United States and the
Government created by It, than among The
peop!s Of the Southern States. s''il'T-
"The chief elemen. ot discord has been
removed forever, and Though questions
Will continue to sriaa about which men
may diier and differ earnestly, it ia sci.
tied beyond appeal that for all abuses and
Ef1evanees that may griae from the action
OF the General, Government, the remedy
must hereafter be sought within the pale
liahed law. - - - =,
"We .heye all como to rea!iz, that
American liberty, the highest type OF hu.
man 'ealty, can only be fly enjoyed in
the American Union and under the Amer.
lcan coneti!ution. Indeed, the sentiment
uttered by MIR. Webster on memorable
| ls~SsSAS4 - A4ey 10 pdlu W uhYS DGC10lH I'M.
bedded In the constitutional law Of Amer.
ican libarty and now and forever one end
inseperable. b, ,-l-.s. =
| 1t has seemed to mo TO he prooer that
you, cs PRECEDENT OF the Un;ted Stntea
should hear these eentimente erpreaseG
here in the heart Of the Southern Sta.ea
and in the presence OF thia concourse Of
Southern people. No one OF this multi.
tude will repudiate them. All Of us. in.
deed, feel that this Union Ia our Union.
that Its bright and starry banner ia onr
nag, and that its destiny, for veal or woe.
Is to be our destiny." -
! PRESIDENT Cleveland had spoken ior
about ten minutes in response, and vaa
just saying: - '''
| "ihe business interest OF our people are
TOO a!e!t and intelligent to be sacrificed or
injured by selfish appeals to passion which
should be allayed. They only insist that
ali the results OF the arbitrament OF arms.
20 which reference has been here made
ahall be titly retained and enforced"
DEATH AN uSnIDpES GUEST.
Dr.. Porter touched him on the shoulder
and whispered to him that Judge Elicit
was dying. The President closed sueakinc
ana stepped to the side OF the chsir where
". Bryant, Postmaster General Villas and
Judge Greer were eudeavoring to reB.ors
the aged jur;st TO consciousness. His
grey bead, barred in honor OF The orator
mad tsilen upon his breast, speech and
color had alike gone from .his lips and his
ears were closed forever to the acclaim
with which the multitude had hailed h;a
eloquence and to the responae which II
had won. Az
The fair first lady Of the land, at whose
'eet he had lain the choicest flower NJ
compliment, stood looking at hin, hone
'essly, with tears in her gentle eyes Tears
we're as powerless as acclamations, and
dlgnitlea as unavailing as medical skill.
Death had stalk ed into tho sunahine of
the pageant and laid his hand on Tho
nguro, which stood next to the foremost.
IN 1888 than ten minutes Judge Elicit was
dead. His body WAS taken home, and tho
frealdent leaving the remainder OF hjs
anspoken speech to the newspapers, 10
which complete copiea had already bseu
given, moved on to the Cotton Eschsnoe
where he held public reception. "
CLEVELAND, FREE TRADE AND THE CON.
fkDEEcy.
1t interesting to note tho curious mix.
ture OF undenisble pride in tho psss with
carefully prominent recognition of tho
present which characterized tho reception
hore. Side by eide with the editorial in
the Appfal welcoming the President ia
another editorial announcing two ectures
IN alu Of the fund to erect monument Mt
Monte to Sammes, the commapier OF The
Alabama, IN which tho lecturer is assuSp,,
"a houee in!l OF sympathetic peop!o, who
oelieve that the memory OF Admiral Sam
mes can't bs too highly honosed;" while
Inc -ainionchs, commenting on The prcs.
ence OF many prominent Republcans on
the reception boat yesterday, quotes ap.
provingly the remark OF Colonol William
Il. Moore, ex.member OF Congress, that
he had no idea Of letting Dsnsucrat he
NJ more hospitable Or polite than himself"
Inc Apl,ea! takes occasion to say:
Tho solid South greets you, Mr.. Cleve-
land, to-day. It is as solid now as in 1854
when II voted to elec. you, and It wiltvo.e
aa solldly lor you next yesr notwith.
Standing tho little docirinairea who lust
now sro trying to make it appear that Mr..
Nan1all has clientele Of protectionisss ut
solid on q free trade basis"
At Nashville.
NASHVILLE, Tam, Oct. l6.-The presi.
dent and his party arrived shortly sitter IN
laat night at Belle Meade farm, six miles
cut OF Nashville. where thoy spsnt Snn.
day in quiet and in search OF rest, OF which
all stand In great need. The party lii
not 80 to church to-day, but instead ns;I M
visst to the widow Of ex.president PniS
whd itvca In this city. Thln Ia the oniy
int.srrnn'ion to the quiet o; tho div,
me l,resiIent has made the acous;ut.
@nce eI Uncle Bob Harding. Eyery n."ss- %
nun knows Uncle Bob. tho colo,ed Ms;ar
Domo Of the Belle Meade blooled Rlnre